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VOL.2
BOARDMAX, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1923
NUMBER 2
SESSION AT SALEM
ENTERSJ-INAL WEEK
Governor Sends Special Mes
sage Asking Legislature to
Expedite Measures.
Salem. Following precedent, the
legislature started on the final week
of the 40-day session with the usual
jam of unfinished business. It seems
to be a habit of legislatures to put
off final action on important measures
until the clc ng days.
Governor Pierce took occasion in a
special message delivered to both
houses to call attention to the fact
that after being in session for Si days
practically none of the legislation
recommended in his inaugural address
had been passed.
The particular legislation that the
executive urged the legislature to ex
pedite( included the income tax bill,
the consolidation measure, the series
of taxatton bills, several bills increas
ing the tax on foreign corporations,
irrigation measures and a bill creating
a state market agent.
When the house and senate recon
vened Monday morning all the major
measures remained to be considered.
The Income tax, general tax revision,
consolidation of state departments, ap
propriation bills, fish bills and irriga
tion and road legislation were un
settled. The measures which have passed
both houses are mostly unimportant
and of no great interest to the state
it large. During the first five weeks
205 bills were introduced In the senate
and 249 in the house, a total of 554
measures. Sixty-five bills received the
approval of both houses; 35 senate
measures and 30 from the house.
Compromise Income Tax Bill Appears.
A compromise income tax bill has
been introduced in the house. The
measure provides for a graduated rate
on personal incomes and a flat rate
on business and corporation incomes.
The exemptions are similar to those
provided in the federal income tax
law and the tax on personal incomes
will range from one to ten per cent,
while the corporate and business tax
will be four per cent.
A feature of this bill is the exemp
tion granted to owners of real prop
erty. Both the individual and the busi
ness schedule carries a right of deduc
tion covering all taxes paid other than
inheritance taxes, Income taxes of the
state and taxes assessed for local ben
efits of a kind tending to increase the
value of the property assessed.
It Is also provided, however, that
'urther doduction of "the fair rental
value of all real estate owned" by the
taxpayer may be made from the gross
earnings, provided that such deduc
tion does not exceed 6 per cent of
the assessed value of the property.
The same deduction runs to the busi
ness schedule as well as to the Indi
vidual. New Consolidation Bill.
A new consolidation bill was in
troduced in the senate Saturday, bear
ing the names of 17 senators as Joint
authors, or enough senators to pass
it. This bill is said to have been
tentatively approved by the governor,
and If he really wa .ts it the house
will undoubtedly pass the measure.
The new senate bill provides for a
state welfare commissioner, state
ommlssloner of agriculture, state eor-
oration and insurance commissioner,
each to receive $4000 a year.
Offices of state industrial accident
commission, inspectors of child labor,
board of conciliation, commissioner of
labor and statistics and board of
health are abolished and their duties
turned over to the state welfare com
missioner. Offices of food and dairy cominis
iloner, sealer of weight! and meas
ures, pure seed board, lime board,
aanltary liveitock board, board of
horticulture and the like are aboliihed
and their dutiei handled by the com
missioner of agriculture.
Offices of state water board mid
water superintendent are abolished
and the dutiea attended by the staf
engineer.
Office! of corporation and Insurance
commissioners are consolidated.
Oregon bureau of minei is aboliihed
and its duties transferred to the Ore
gon Agricultural college.
Jltgie vocalJonsI education board la
ab; Uehed ami the duties transferred
to superintendent of public instruction.
Committee Approves Astoria Relief.
Legislation tor the relief of Astoria
was approved by the ways and means
committee. The measure approved
provides that the state purchase As
toria bonds at par In the sum of $260,
OOo, bearing Interest at 4 per cent, but
no interest to be collected for a perioo
of six years. The sum of $250,1100 is
to be appropriated for the purpose.
The Kuehu house bill prohibit Ing the
(hanging of registration of part) at
filiations within 80 days, preceding pri
mary elections passed the senate.
The Gary ice cream bill, which pro
voked audi a storm of protest from the
Ice cream manufacturers upon its in
troduction in the house, was passed
by the senate by a unanlmuos vote
The bill Increase! the butterfat and
solids content of ice cream,
The senate passed house bill No. 77,
designed to aid In the enforcement of
the prohibition laws of the state.
The bill require! the registration of
all distilling appurtenances with the
proper state and f deraJ officials and
makes the presence of a still, worm,
mash or any of the other equipment
or Ingredients incident to the distilla-
: tion or brewing of liquors prima facie
evidence that the owner or occupant
of the premises Is the owner of the
tabooed paraphernalia.
Representative Keeney's bill, which
was intended to place a tax on literary,
benevolent, charitable and aolentlllc
institutions when operated for com
pensaiion, was killed by the senate
through indefinite postponement.
Senator Dennis' bill which provides
that taxes levied in 1923 and 1924 shall
be 10 per cent lower than the tax col
lected in 1922 passed the senate with
only President Upton voting against
It. It applies to all tax levying bodies
and excepts only money raised to pay
principal or interest on bonded In
debtedness heretofore contracted or to
pay salaries fixed by law.
Education for Crippled Children.
The house, by unanimous vote,
passed a senate bill providing for the
educating of crippled children. Pro
vision is made in this measure for the
setting aside in every district In which
one or more crippled children are en
roll! d of a "crippled children's educa
tional fund," in proportion to the num
ber of such children in the district,
out of the general funds of the district.
Tli in fund is to be employed to provide
for visiting teacher! to be paid for on
the basiB of hourly teaching.
By the bare margin of one vote, Rep
resentative Woodward's eight hour
day la for the lumber industry was
passed by the house. The bill, as
amended, provides that the penalties
for violation shall not be effective un
til similar laws are enacted by Wash
ington and Idaho.
The house of representatives decided
against free text books for elementary
school children in Oregon when It
voted to accept the majority report of
the committee on education and in
definitely postponed Representative
Woodward's free text book bill.
Initiative Safeguarded.
The house voted to safeguard the
initiative from frauds when it passed
the Kuehn bill with 38 ayes against
20 noes and Gordon and Kay absent.
The bill as passed requires petitions
to be filed with county clerks and
local registrars and provides that coun
ty clerks shall publish notices advising
the people of the counties just where
petitions are available for signature.
Mrs. Simmons' bill to make jury
duty compulsory upon women and re
move from the law the right now ex
isting of claiming exemption, passed
the iiouse, the vote being 34 ayes and
25 noes.
The bill not only removes the ex
emption, but requires that one-half of
the jury panel in Multnomah county
must be women, and one-fourth of
such panel in the balance of the coun
ties. Against the advice of the state high
way commiailon, the houie passed
Graham's bill authorizing the refund
ing of road bonds and use of the money
on primary market roads. Graham's
plan is to issue each year for market
roads an amount of bonds equal to
those retired for the state highway!.
Thi! plan will keep Oregon at the con
stitutional limit for road bonds.
The Lewis bill to tax churrh prop
erty failed In the house shen 35 votes
were counted against the measure,
with 24 for it. and Burdick. the sole
member absent, thus defeating the
measure by a majority, of U votes i
The Legislature.
( By an Onlooker)
A legislative assembly may be
likened unto a bee hive minus the
honey. The possibilities for honey
are stung by the members of the
third house as the members of the
first, and second houses flit back
and forth. There is a heap of "flit
ting", even with all the paid pages;
a flitting. If some of the back count
voters could hear their represents
tives orate they would blush in ad
miration. The parliamentary "stuff"
they pull would cause the United
States Senate to glide on peaceful
waters. But to be frank, they all
seemed to be earnestly sincere. Try
ing to enact laws that would permit
coin3 to jingle In destitute pockets.
I only noticed one member vote an
aye when it should have be n nay.
He was deeply buried in some sub
ject foreign to the question before
the house and when the speaker
called lor the vote the senator
opened the wrong damper. The sen
ate is il bower of color. Bach sen
ator is flanked by a member of the
weaker sex. I don't know whether
they do the thinking for the sen
ator or just take down what the
senator thinks. One senator called
it a Mormon harem. I got his out
look. One thing must come to pass
if women are to mingle in the bi v
ing of laws. They must learn to
puff a pipe or breathe through
twisted rope. All members seemed to
be thinking in the smoke cloud of
their respective stogies. The habit
possibly helps to make better laws
and should not be stopped. Let the
women smoke. Il will make a more
inspiring picture in either house.
The makers of our laws while in
session are the center piece of
".lokesmiths". The common way of
speaking of them is that they are
drifters, possessors of idle vacuums
and many times just common
thieves. How true to al things in
life. "How easy it is to construct
So hard to tear down. You and I
who are so full of wisdom. How
simple it would be for us to con
struct an income tax law. Just tax
every one. No one could find fault ,
if every one was taxed. To Cornell-j
date is to consolidate. Put every-,
thing in the hands of the governor. !
Then if he don't deliver just Greece
him. After a few such parties popu
lar government would bo in our
midst. After all what Would we do '
without politics. If done away, all ,
the conversation patter would fall j
upon the weather. In looking back
Bpon life you sort of feel that you
have always tried, though your ef-j
forts have mostly been sputtering
fuses. Let's give the boys at Salem I
the blunt edge of our criticism and
admit that they tried.
APPROPRIATION FOR UMATILA RAPIDS;
WORK TO BE STARTED ON McKAY ( REEK
The stale senate Wednesday
passed House Bill 30H providing Hi
um of $10,000 for matching a like
amount from the federal governmen
for a survey of the Umatilla rapid
roiept by the department of the in
terior.
Congressman Sinnott has a prom
ts') of $10,000 from a department
fUnd to match the Oregon money
and therefore am official federal
survey for the project is in sight.
Some time during the coming
summer dirt will be flying on the
McKay reservoir job near Pendle
ton on McKay civek, and there will
')(, work there for 400 or 500 men,
according to indications. The sum of
$3-8,0O0 is in the budget for the
year expiring; June ;ii), 1923, and
the budget for the year following
carries $750,000 for the project,
thus making a total of $1,1 1:1,000
for I he project up to a N ear from
July 1. says the E. O.
it is estimated that the money
available will be sufficient to do
more than half the work and that
the funds for completing the enter
prise will be available by the time
net iled
U R, Weymouth, chief engineer of
the reclamation service, is now en
route to Oregon to start work on
the projeot and 011 the Baker pro
ject in Baker county. The eomtng of
Mr. Weymouth is awaited as instruc
tions from him are desired In con
nection with securing the right of
way. At present the government rep
resentatives and owners of land on
Mc.Uay needed are unable to come
to terms. Mr. Weyomuth will be
consulted as to whether condemna
tion proceedings shall be started 11
thi SaCtiOB is taken there will be
no delap in starting work as the
government can at once take pos
session of the property and proceed
to business, allowing the courts to
let 'rmlne upon the amount to be
paid for the land.
The view of Mr. Schilling, project
engineer, a--' given the Bast Ore
gonlan, is that actual work will be
tarled some time during the .sum
mer. Just when cannot yet be told.
The government will handle the
work direct, not letting a contract,
and the Denver office is already
planning upon the equipment need
ed. The government will eetabll h
bunk houses, mess houses, etc . for
caring lor the workers on lire job.
The starting of work on the dam
viii provide much work for labor
era, shovelmon, and mechanics of
various sorts.
OREGON W NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Evrnts of the We
Briefly Sketched for In'or
n ation of Cur readers.
A short and simple argu-
: Pienl on "Why the Wallula ,
Cut-Off :" I
The Umatilla and Pilot Rock j
stages are running but the j
Walla Walla stage is not.
The second nutrition meeting will
be held Saturday. I'eb. 21. At the
last meeting we held we ulioul half
decided that we should have an all
da v session because we scare d v had
time after 2 o'clock to do the work
we should do. Since then Mr. Cal
kins, our county agent, has arranged
lor a meeting of the men, and de
cided he would hold that session in
the morning and another In the
afternoon. This means two na slons
for the ladies also, and It means an
other big day with a dinner al the
cafeteria, tni' which, Roardiuan is
famous. Rveryhody come with plenty
to eit, meat, salads, pies, cakes,
pickles and all sorts of good things
I BOARDMAN PARAGRAPHS
No school was held Wednesday on B. 11. Boardman returned from his
account of the extreme cold. j pri land-Sale... trip Sunday He re
I Porta our poor governor has jhis
Dwlght Misner of lon0 waH a busi- hands tied. Wish someone would
ness Visitor in town last Saturday j untie them lor him.
Is your subscription paid in advance?
Legislative; brevities.
By a decisive vote the house voted
down Representative Lovejoy's bill to
create a state board of cosmetic thera
py examiners.
Reduction of the salaries of all state
official and employees, not fixed by
statute, approximately 10 per cent, ts
proposed In a resolution adopted by
the senate.
Representative Blower'! bill, regula
ting the sale of firearm and restrict
ing the carrying of the same by jir
soni other than sheriffs and peace of
ficer!, was defeated in the senate.
The house pass-i! It n a ; n r hd.ly's bill
to provide for a ItSte prohibition eom
miisloner and assistants to be paid
from funds diverted by the en u lit lei
to the itate as collected from Honor
lsw violator!.
The icnate refused to go on record 1
as favoring the release from federal
prisons of persons convicted of viola
tions of the espionage act because of
expressions of opinion construed to
have been disloyal 10 the United States
In response to the request of Gover
nor Pierre, made in hii special ne f
sage to the leglslatuie, resolution! were
Introduced in the hoase authorizing
the governor to call a conference of
governor! of Washington, Idaho, Mon
tana and California to conalder the
Impoiition of taxi 1 on natural re
sources, and the appointment of a coiu
mlsilcn of five to investigate irrigation
problem!.
FOR SAI S CHEAP- Maytag pow-
er washing machine with swing
ing wringer. Glenn Mitchell, 3
miles southeast of Boardman.
l-2tp
.1. C. llarpke of Portland whn
transacting business in town last
week.
t). H. Warner and C. 3. Ulay
den were Hermiston visitors on Sat
unlay.
. II Switzer of Arlington was
transacting business in town Wed
nesday.
Jay Cox and wife have been con
fined at home this Week with la
grippe.
B, P. Dodd of Hermiston was in
town on business Wednesday of
last week
Mrs. ',. Logan returned last week
from Moro, where she has been vis
iting relatives.
Jack Gorham and Hal pin Davis
made a business trip to Umatilla
one day last week.
Mrs. R. H. McKean and son Mil
lie of Wasco were visitors at the
Wm, Lower home Saturday and
Sunday.
The Charles Mr-Daniels family
who have been living In the M.
B Signs residence, moved into the
small Jenkins house on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs George Garrett of
Ia Grande were guests last week of
Mr. and Mrs. Kills Garrett They
lef' for their home Wednesday night.
Paul Dumaro returned the first
of the week from Portland While
In the city Mr. Demaro made ap
plication for his naturalization
papers.
I. vie t't-.'den left Saturday for
The Dall'-s where be will take
charge of a stale truck which he
will operate on the highway through
thia section of the state.
Mis. Hicks went to The Dalle!
again last week to have her broken
at. a uien attention again. Hut she
3ay the doctor floes not give a
vary favorable report.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Albright and
tWO children, Marjorie and Hobby,
with Mrs. Gibbons and daughter,
Norma, and Mrs. Prank Cramer,
motored out to L'arl Cramer's Sun
day.
To have it good country paper
every one must helo the e.lit...- i.
either sendini; the news or letting!
one of the regular correspondent!
know. If you have any news send It
it in.
There will be a free moving pic
ture show given by the M. W. of A.
some time next week which th.y
want every one to see. Watch foi
the date which will be given out
in a few days.
Born to Mi. and Mrs. Jack Tubbs
Feb. II, a st ven and OtyO-bsJjf
pound baby girl. Both mother and
daughter are doing nicely Mrs.
Tubbs ks the daughter of Mrs.
Claude Myers, and has been visit
ing her for some lime.
Mr I.a r sen arid family motored!
OVIST from Butter creek Saturday.
They of course, wanted to see that '
big four-pound nephew of Mr Lar
ion's. They took A. T. back with
them They took A. T. back with
linn, but Mrs Lai-sen took him so as
lo relieve Mrs. Healey of his care. :
Clay Warren, Ralph Davis and ,
Jack Gorham drove to Arlington
Saturday evening, where they wit-I
MPaMd the wrestling bout between;
Butler' and Kennedy. Both men were
well matched in speed and strength .
making Hm bout one of the most j
Interesting ever witnessed by the J
enthusiastic fans.
Wade FT. Officer has been appointed
pest master at Izre. Grant county.
The Haines Amateur Athletic club
was nr.tanlied at Haines with a mem
bership of 50 local men.
The Portland district conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church s uth
was held in Roseburg.
Tests of Coos county coal for s'.ok
Ing locomotive! will be made by the
Southern Pacific company.
Large shipments of hsy are being
nude fronj Haines to the Portland
market and Willamette valley points.
Umatilla county has about 200.000
acres in winter wheat. ThlB Is prac I
cally the same as last year's acreage.
James Ryan, longer, employed at the
California "Rarrrl company's camp near
Gluey, waB killed by a log rolling over
him.
In fiar of an apldamlc of rabies,
Bind police have requested all owners
of dogs to keep their pels tied up at
home.
Work has begun on the diking proj
ect at Scappoose. which will drain and
ruialni alMiut 1000 acres of land when
completed.
Ten feet of snow and frozen water
pipi s have closid down work In the
InineS In the Bohemia district, south
ern Lane county's gold field.
Columbia county 1b one of the strong
eit grr.uge counties' in the siate and
endeavors will be made to have the
Mate (rang! masting In June, 1924, at
Rainier.
Superintendent Ahx Sparrow re
purls 1 1. itt there is 12 12 feet of snow
at the r i 111 of Crater lake, which Is
two feci more than at the same gfnM
last year.
Wot Violation of the atat" motor ve
hicle law providing that trucks be
equipped with mirrors, 86 drivers were
arrested by the Portland motorcycle
kpi ed iquad.
Petitions are in circulation in Uma
tilla county asking a parole for L D.
Clark. Helix town marshal, convicted
of manslaughter fur shoot Ing Harry K.
Rose. October 2X.
(Fifteen thousand dollar! will be
available for new construction and
road maintenance within the Des
chutes national foreit, H. L. Plum. iu
pen Isor, has annsunci d
Gtivcrnor Pierce b Income tax meas
ure meets the approval of the t xeeu
liwH i;f the Linn county farm bureau,
the committee having indorsed the bill
at u meet ing at Albany.
Proceeding! have been started l,y the
district attorney whereby Wallowa
county will foreclose on property the
taveK of which are delinquent f t the
yean urn. ion. ami ism.
The Tillamook county grand Jury
railed to bring In a true bill In con
nection with the alleged branding by
tun hooded men ol Mrs Nevada S and
ish it. Tillamook city recently.
Under the auspices of the university
of Oregon school of administration the
Convention Of .the Oregon Retail Mer
chants' association is to be held In Ku
gene, commencing Sunday, Fcbi uary
18.
All bids for the clearing of the
Hlachly Rain Rock section of the Wil
lamette valley -Florence state highway.
24 miles, have been rejected, according
lo word received by the Lane ci unty
court.
The exports from Astoria to foreign
ports and the Hawaiian Islands during
the year 1S22 were valued at $H,530,
4t6, according to statistics Just com
plied by Deputy Collator of Customs
Lamb.
Siuallpoi, said lo be In very Hi In
form, has closed one of the Klamath
Falls schools. In i.Hinb, rlty health
officer, said tin re were 14 cases Pi six
families, but that none of theiu li
serious.
Oregon Agricultural college, the
Unltid States department of agrlcul
tare and Columbia county farm bu
M an, co-operating, held an all day In
hi It tite for farmers of Columbia rouuty
at Warren.
Dr. K N. NeulSB of Astoria has re
ceived a check Ti.r Mi from the gi.v
e.rnun'iit at Washington In exchange
for 1600 In bills which were In his
office safe and were reduced to ashes
during the recent fire.
Is your lubscrlptlon paid la adraaoe?